VIII. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
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VII. PHONOSTYLISTICS. TEXT AND DISCOURSE
1. Phonostylistics. Its objects and aims.
2. Phonetic functional styles:
a) Informational style.
b) Academic (scientific) style.
c) Publicistic (oratorical) style.
d) Declamatory style.
e) Conversational (familiar) style.
3. Types of pronunciation. Styles of pronunciation.
4. Speech culture.
5. Text and discourse. Methods of speech analysis.
Tasks and exercises:
1. Say how the following sentences would sound in different styles of pronunciation (the full, the careful colloquial, the careless colloquial styles). Comment on the speech culture:
I should like to meet him in London.
I think that was a protest meeting in Northern Ireland.
This year I am going to visit Great Britain.
Did you make her?
Could you give me some advice?
2. Listen to the recorded texts (five texts), define their functional phonetic styles and name some peculiarities of these styles.
Recommended literature:
1. Sokolova M.A. English Phonetics. A Theoretical Course. – M., 1991. – pp. 182-207.
2. Leontyeva S.F. A Theoretical Course of English Phonetics. – M., 1970. – pp. 204-205.
3. Vassilyev V.A. English Phonetics. A Theoretical Course. – M., 1970. – pp. 286-321.
4. Ñîêîëîâà Ì.À., Ãèíòîâò Ê.Ë. è äð. Ïðàêòè÷åñêàÿ ôîíåòèêà àíãëèéñêîãî ÿçûêà. – Ì., 1984. – Ñ. 215-257.
1. The orthoepic norm. Variations within the orthoepic norm.
2. National varieties of the English pronunciation.
3. The linguistic situation in Great Britain today.
4. Regional types of pronunciation in the UK.
5. Regional types of pronunciation in the USA.
6. Principal differences between GA and RP.
Tasks and exercises:
1. Say how the following sentences would be pronounced by different speakers (one speaking RP, the other speaking GA):
Where's my German-English dictionary?
The two newspapers gave different versions of what happened.
She asked about his new job.
I can go by the Baker Street train at 21.45.
The man heard the dinner bell.
If offered red or white, I'd choose the latter.
2. Listen to the recorded texts (five texts), define the types of pronunciation and name some peculiarities of these types.
Recommended literature:
1. Sokolova M.A. English Phonetics. A Theoretical Course. – M., 1991. – pp. 208-237.
2. Leontyeva S.F. A Theoretical Course of English Phonetics. – M., 1970. – pp. 213-224.
3. Vassilyev V.A. English Phonetics. A Theoretical Course. – M., 1970. – pp. 37-57,60-63, 68-70.
4. Brown, G. Listening to Spoken English. – M., 1984. – pp. 1-11.
5. Shakhbagova D.A. Varieties of English Pronunciation. – M., 1982.
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